Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1887-05-10
OXFORD COUNTY HORSE NOTES.
souE ADVICE To BRrEprRs, AND OriIkR
MATTERS oF IsrERrsr TO rnrE HohsE
FASciER.

Farmers and small breeders who raise
colt. 20 sell. ofien make the mistake OF
keeping them too long after they are old
enough for the market. Refusing good
offers and trying to obtain from $50 to
siOO mere than any buyer will pay
them. AMI often being obliged TO keep
them . year or 30. and getting short OF
fund, are obliged to cell considerably
lower than they had previously been OF.
fsred. We have seen many instances OF
,hi. kind. and |, rarely ever happens
that poor man who refuses good lib
eral offer Tor horse he wishes TO sell.
from one Who want. jas, such an animal.
ever realize. . much from Il {" he would
20 have accepted the offer.
Agsin there are young men iha, raise
no- and then a colt. that do not keep
them.elye. sufficiently veil Informed On
horse matters sni prices which are paid
for horse. Of didsren, degrees Of excel
snee. TO be sble TO judge correctly Of
the make, value Of those they wish to
dispose Of. and who are sp, TO think that
their horse, are worth fully /. much as
their nsishbor.. so. when their neigh
Dor cell. good horse OF col, for high
price. they will no, BE- eon,en, With sell
ing for any les. sum than the other man
did. even though the other mans horse
may, in reality. have been . much better
hore-si any rate q better selling horse.
even II no, worth any more for business.
Oiher., who have horse 10 dispose Of.
mis-. II greatly by being too saving Of
pro,ender and not getting them In pro-
per shape TO sho~ 10 advantage. For
the price horse will command depends
In 4. g,e. measure on the condition hs
/. in when .ho~n 10 the purchaser. IL ).
penny wise. and pound foolish TO pa' a
horse on the marks, when he IL thin OF
A..h. ba, after horse !. IN foe eondi'
ton. veil broken. and hi. speed devsl.
oped .. far ss |, though, profitable. and
then IL hi. owner want. 20 sell him. he
should lo.e no time in informing the
public ,ha, he ha. such an animal for
sale, and when q man sees him tha, real
ly want. him and will give an amount, IN
c.,h. any where near TO ~ha, We ihink
he 4, worth. then !. the time TO sell him.
for no matter how much we think q
horse /. worth ~e can, se, our price un-
less the buyer will give Il.
Under the existing condition Of things
the man ~ho raise. nice horse cannot
s., the fancy price. paid by those wealthy
msn ~ho purchase for their Own u'e
A. NOS, OF them buy on the judgmen, OF
~ell.knosn dealers. Who receive large
commission. The time IL coming ere
long when by means Of orssnired effort,
public sale. aud more liberal advertising.
the horse breeders Of Maine will have
much better opportunities for selling their
stock direct 20 the men Who want them
for their o~n driving. thus getting better
prices q. a general rule.
Mr. e. =. Drake. OF Lewiston. owner
Of the uo,iing stallion. Glensrm. has re-
Gently made arrangements With certain
p.r,is. TO campaign him during the sea-
.on Of 1883. ~. term. for ,hi. season
have been changed from $50 by the sea-
son 10 $50 TO warrant T~en,y.four
mare. were already booked 20 him BY the
season aud these can nov have the benefit
Of the wsusn,
We have lately received catalogue
Of M.ple Glen Stock Farm. situated IN
Hebron. Maine. and Owned by Mr.. IL.
l. Whitney. who spend. his winters Ia
Boston. bu, oversee. the farm during the
summer months. AZ the head Of bis
breeding stud stands the eleg.n, young
stallion. Monaco Abdsll.h. foaled Ia
1884. sired by Monaco (~bo ~.s full
brother to wedsewool. being by Bel
mon, aud ou, Of the thoroughbred mare,
woodline. and bis dam was by Herme'.
2:27i. by Harold. sire Of Maud 81 by
Ry.i,k. H.mbls,onian. Monaco All
d.ll.h i. . bay Ia color with star aud on,
white ankle behind stands Isl hands
high ha. very fine head aud neck. we'll
shaped limb. and is rsney aud blood
like looking colt. Iii, terms are $50
by the season. The catalogue contains
the name. Of sigh, brooi mates. No !
/. P.repa. . roam PAGER. 10 hands high
foaled 1878; got by Denmark. dam by
Harry Clay. No. 2 /. Nellie Casey. Z.
chestnut mare i5t hands high; foaled
1876 /; got by Coli.x l.ire Of Fred Casey.
2:23) dam by Fannie Allen. 2;2it. by
Ethan Allen. No. i. Mabel. grey
mare. Is hand. high; fOaled 1879. by
Msmbrino Pa,ehen; dam by Blue He'll.
No. 4is Queen. back mare. 10 hands
high ; foaled 1873. by Gen. Knox. No.
S /, Copia. white mare. Isl hands high {;
fo.led 1878, by sonof Baysrd, hsby Pilot.
Jr. No. 6 /, Josie Lambert. bay mare |;
| Is hand, high fo.led in 1884; 'irsd by
Gomez. Lambert. by Daniel Lambert |;
dam Copia. No. is Lillian. chestnut
mare, l5& hands high; foaled 1850 {;
bred in Canada got by son OF Rinsgold |;
dam Blue Bonnet, 2:29t. No. 8 |, Bes.
81. L.oring. black mare Isl hands high I;
bred in Kentucky. pedigree no. yet ss'
,.bli,hed. The colts are three in num-
Der aud are frat, S'ar Denmark, foaa
colt; foaled June. 1886; got by Glen
arm. 2:23a; dam. Parepa. The next.
0lsueu.. bay colt; fosled June, 1856
got BY Glenarm; dam, Copia. Third
Gen. s.xton. black colt; foaled June,
1856 got by Geo. Wilkes. Jr. dam.
Qisen, by Gen. Knox. Mr.. L. Mills
Of Boston, Is associated with Mr.. Whit.
ney in the horse breeding business, and
from the breeding aud quality OF their
stock, 1t looks N though thhy might
meet with . large measure Of success.
Mr.. W. J. Wheeler lately bought q
strong looking mare OF Knox blood. in
Bethel, and almos, Immediately sold hei
again, bu, she WAS left N Mr.. Wheeler
stable to be bred to Thomas Carlyle.
Mr.. Frank whi,temore. nov stopping
st the farm in the whi.temofe District
has two colts. or rather colt and . filly,
one and two years old this spring. 90, by
Robert Bonner. j.. tha, bid fair TO make
. matched pair one OF these days. asih.y
are shaped and colored most exactly
slike-being soniIl with stripe faces and
Il q. Lsk